DROP STATISTICS

NAME

DROP_STATISTICS − remove extended statistics

SYNOPSIS

DROP STATISTICS [ IF EXISTS ] name [, ...]

DESCRIPTION

DROP STATISTICS removes statistics object(s) from the database. Only the statistics object's owner, the schema owner, or a superuser can drop a statistics object.

PARAMETERS

IF EXISTS

Do not throw an error if the statistics object does not exist. A notice is issued in this case.

name

The name (optionally schema−qualified) of the statistics object to drop.

EXAMPLES

To destroy two statistics objects in different schemas, without failing if they don't exist:

DROP STATISTICS IF EXISTS
accounting.users_uid_creation,
public.grants_user_role;

COMPATIBILITY

There is no DROP STATISTICS command in the SQL standard.

SEE ALSO

ALTER STATISTICS (ALTER_STATISTICS(7)), CREATE STATISTICS (CREATE_STATISTICS(7))